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"Green Light" is an R&B-funk song written by Beyoncé Knowles, Sean Garrett, and Pharrell Williams for Beyoncé's second solo studio album, B'Day (2006). Co-produced by The Neptunes and Beyoncé, it was released as the fifth UK single on July 30, 2007. The song received mixed responses from contemporary critics.
The single performed moderately on charts. "Green Light" peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number 12 and at number 46 in Ireland. The Freemasons remix of the track peaked at number 18 on the Dutch Top 40 chart. Its accompanying music video is inspired by Robert Palmer's 1985 music video "Addicted to Love". Beyoncé considered the video her toughest shoot, and features her all-female tour band Suga Mama for the second time.
After filming Dreamgirls in which Beyoncé landed a major role, she went on a month-long vacation. While in the break, she went to the studio to start working on her second solo album, B'Day.[1] She was inspired by her role and she "had so many things bottled up, so many emotions, so many ideas".[1] Beyoncé contacted American singer-songwriter Sean Garrett, who had worked with her in Destiny's Child and on her 2006 single "Check On It".[2] Together with Pharrell Williams, who had also previously collaborated with Beyoncé, Garrett was booked to Sony Music Studios in New York City, each had studio to work in.[2] The track was co-produced by Beyoncé and The Neptunes, along with "Kitty Kat", and was recorded by Jim Caruana and mixed by Jason Goldstein at the same studio.
